The fairytale is a flexible thing. There was no moral in the medieval legend of the children of Hamelin, who were spirited away, never to return. The rats and piper came later, a happy ending ...

In this modern adaptation of the classic The Pied Piper of Hamelin, the town of Hamelin ... The Women in Theatre Festival seeks to broaden the opportunities for women in the entertainment industry ...

Originating as medieval folklore, the story inspired a Goethe verse, Der Rattenfänger; a Grimm Brothers’ legend, The Children of Hamelin; and one of Robert Browning’s best-known poems ...

And above all it needs to sound Russian. Marc-Andre Hamelin may be famed for his preternatural ability to juggle mountains of notes at dizzying speed, but one doesn’t think of him as a natural ...